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Monthly Research Publication Highlight details a role for inflammatory signaling lipids in cardiovascular diseases

The UK College of Pharmacy Research Publication Highlight for September, 2016 was published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and is titled “Microsomal Prostaglandin E Synthase-1 Expression by Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells Attenuates the Differentiated Phenotype”. The project was conducted in the laboratory of Dr. Charles Loftin and features the dissertation research of Dr. Oreoluwa Adedoyin, a recent graduate of the Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD program in the College of Pharmacy. 

Research Highlight reveals the challenge of treating chronic respiratory infections in patients with Cystic Fibrosis.

The UK College of Pharmacy Research Publication Highlight for July, 2016 is to be published in the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis and is titled “Optimizing beta-lactam pharmacodynamics against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in adult cystic fibrosis patients”. 

Research Highlight: A a novel approach in the development of new antibiotics directed against the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB)

The College of Pharmacy Monthly Research Publication Highlight features a novel approach in the development of new antibiotics directed against the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB). The UK College of Pharmacy Research Publication Highlight for June, 2016 was published in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry and is titled “A biocatalytic approach to capuramycin analogues by exploiting a substrate permissive N-transacylase CapW”.

Congratulations to Alla Arnold on passing her Certified Research Administrator’s examination!

The designation of Certified Research Administrator (CRA) means that an individual met the requirements of the Research Administrators Certification Council and demonstrated a level of knowledge necessary for a person to be a professional research or sponsored programs administrator. The 4-hour examination is the professional standard and covers a range of topics including proposal development, legal requirements, and financial management. Alla is a valued member of the Research Office and has served as the College Grants Officer for the past 3 years.

UK College of Pharmacy Names New Dean

It is our pleasure to announce that Kip Guy has been named Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy.  Kip joins us from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, where he currently serves as chairperson of the Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics.  We anticipate Kip will assume his new role on October 1, 2016.

$6M Award to Further Develop Treatment for Cocaine Abuse

University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy Professor Chang-Guo Zhan, teamed with fellow UK faculty members Fang Zheng and Sharon Walsh, and Professor Mei-Chuan Ko from Wake Forest University.

We wish to remember and honor those who inhabited this Commonwealth before the arrival of the Europeans. Briefly occupying these lands were the Osage, Wyndott tribe, and Miami peoples. The Adena and Hopewell peoples, who are recognized by the naming of the time period in which they resided here, were here more permanently. Some of their mounds remain in the Lexington area, including at UK’s Adena Park.

In more recent years, the Cherokee occupied southeast Kentucky, the Yuchi southwest Kentucky, the Chickasaw extreme western Kentucky and the Shawnee central Kentucky including what is now the city of Lexington. The Shawnee left when colonization pushed through the Appalachian Mountains. Lower Shawnee Town ceremonial grounds are still visible in Greenup County.

We honor the first inhabitants who were here, respect their culture, and acknowledge the presence of their descendants who are here today in all walks of life including fellow pharmacists and healthcare professionals.